I think it was Wired that ran a story a few years ago, about a guy who accidentally tracked a NSA satellite. Basically, he noticed the orbit and mentioned it to people online. It disappeared from his view and it turned out it only disappeared for him. It had some form of reflective panels, so when it was over this guy's house, it made itself disappear.

MisterTweak:Either that, or it was show-and-tell day at the Giant Flaming

Dildo, home of the Olduvai Observatory, was shocked at the appearance of a glowing object appearing over their town last night. Astronomers at the observatory could not tell us what the object was, only that it was shaped like a giant

I think it was Wired that ran a story a few years ago, about a guy who accidentally tracked a NSA satellite. Basically, he noticed the orbit and mentioned it to people online. It disappeared from his view and it turned out it only disappeared for him. It had some form of reflective panels, so when it was over this guy's house, it made itself disappear.

Insatiable Jesus:I think it was Wired that ran a story a few years ago, about a guy who accidentally tracked a. Basically, he noticed the and mentioned to people online. disappeared from his view and turned out only disappeared for him. had some form of, so when was over this guy's house, made disappear.

People are over zealous on this baby; it's clearly a U2 replacement, what with not having a predetermined orbit and high maneuverability versus conventional spy satellites. Could it become the basis for a super awesome satellite zapper? Sure. But it's not, at least not yet.

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor:People are over zealous on this baby; it's clearly a U2 replacement, what with not having a predetermined orbit and high maneuverability versus conventional spy satellites. Could it become the basis for a super awesome satellite zapper? Sure. But it's not, at least not yet.

Serious study in the 1960s determined that the best tool to "zap" an enemy satellite would be a can of black spray paint.

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor:People are over zealous on this baby; it's clearly a U2 replacement, what with not having a predetermined orbit and high maneuverability versus conventional spy satellites. Could it become the basis for a super awesome satellite zapper? Sure. But it's not, at least not yet.

Not really.

High altitude drones would be a U-2 replacement.

This thing would still have a semi-predictable orbit. There is *NO* way it carries both a significant payload, and enough fuel to significantly change it's orbit, and still have enough left over to de-orbit. It takes a lot of delta-V to change your orbit significantly enough to be unpredictable.

I think it was Wired that ran a story a few years ago, about a guy who accidentally tracked a NSA satellite. Basically, he noticed the orbit and mentioned it to people online. It disappeared from his view and it turned out it only disappeared for him. It had some form of reflective panels, so when it was over this guy's house, it made itself disappear.

There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the bulk of it.

I ran across a 'leak' Geocities site that had details of Thrust Vectoring back in the 90s. It was there one day, entirely gone the next.